Afghan colonel arrested in prisoner torture case; U.S. link suspected
MAIDAN SHAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An Afghan army colonel has been arrested by the government for illegally handing over prisoners to a man working with a U.S. special forces team that was accused of torture and killings, three sources have told Reut…
Ecuador to talk with Britain on Assange on June 17
QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) – Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Monday he would meet Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague this month to discuss a possible solution to the year-long diplomatic standoff over WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Ass…
Kerry says time running out to revive Mideast peace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to revive stalled peace talks, warning that the alternative was a “negative spiral of responses.”
Defiant Erdogan denounces riots in Turkish cities
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters responsible for Turkey’s worst riots in years are “arm-in-arm with terrorism”, Prime Minister Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said, in a defiant response to three days of unrest in dozens of cities across t…
U.S. targets Iran with currency, auto-sector sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday ratcheted up its efforts to isolate Iran for its suspected nuclear weapons program, targeting Tehran with currency and auto-sector sanctions.
China lends Costa Rica $400 million on Xi visit
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – China lent Central American ally Costa Rica nearly $400 million on Monday during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to a region where Beijing has traditionally vied with rival Taiwan for influence.
Latvia to get green light for euro zone membership on Wednesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will give Latvia on Wednesday the go-ahead to become the 18th member of the euro zone from the start of next year, European Union officials said on Monday.
Somalia cases of killing, maiming, abuse of children halved: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The number of children killed, maimed, abused and recruited to fight in Somalia dropped by more than half in the first quarter of 2013 due to less fighting between Islamist al-Shabaab militants and government forces, the Unit…
Dutch airline excused from ‘underwear bomber’ suit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed claims against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in a lawsuit holding it liable for injuries a New York man says he sustained while helping to stop the so-called “underwear bomber” from blowing up a plane in…
Nations line up to sign U.N. arms trade treaty, U.S. not yet
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Delegates from dozens of countries gathered in New York on Monday and signed the first treaty to regulate the $70 billion global conventional arms trade, but the United States was not among them.
